Hello! I would
first like to extend my warmest greetings to The Window
readership. My name is Lisa
Kaplan. I am a fourth year
English and Equity Studies student and am the Editor of The Window for
2006-2007.
I have high hopes for The Window this
year. I am a brand new editor,
which means this is my first real experience being in charge of a
newspaper. I will freely admit
that I am still learning, but I have a lot of ideas for the future of
the paper. Perhaps one of the
more important ones is that I want The Window to flesh out and truly
embrace its identity this year.
I hope to try new and creative ways to reach our
readership. We are a monthly
paper, which means we have a lot of time to craft each issue and I hope
that this will come out in the publication. I would like to see more in-depth
reporting and attention to artistic integrity in proportion to the
resources we are allowed. I
would like to make it clear that I am always open to suggestion, and
would be glad to hear from anyone who has an idea of what they might
like to see in an upcoming issue of The Window. After all, this is your paper!
I also hope to gain a stronger tie with
our sponsoring college, New
College. This means that we want to be in
touch with events going on within the college and also hope to report
on issues topical to New
College. We plan to be a bigger presence
around New
College in the
coming months. Please be on the
look out for us!
There will hopefully be a lot of
positive changes for The Window this academic year. My main concern as an editor is of
course content for the paper. We
have a team of very dedicated writers and editors already with us, but
we still need you! This means you can write anything from an
investigative report, to a concert review, to an op-ed piece about why
you have strong feelings on a certain topic. I encourage you to be creative and
not be afraid of writing for the first time.
A new and very exciting addition to The
Window this year will be the implementation of monthly Writer’s
Workshops. The first one will
take place from 6 to 8pm on Thursday Oct. 5th in The Window office.
This workshop is open to anyone interested in writing for or getting
more information about the paper.
It will be an open meeting, which means you can come at anytime
during the two hours and stay for as long as you would like. It will be a time to trade ideas,
give/get advice and hone your writing skills. Please, if you are at all interested
in working with The Window, join us!
My hope for these Writer’s Workshops is that they will foster a
greater community within and surrounding The Window, and therefore
bolster both readership and content.
We are always recruiting and are always
interested in what you, the reader, have to say. Please do not hesitate to contact me
at editor@thewindow.net with your ideas, your articles and even your
opinions on any work we have published.
A final message to all of the
readers: I encourage you to
participate in The Window this year.
There are a few ways in which you can do this, but they all boil
down to the same thing: write something! Don’t worry if it isn’t a masterpiece
right away; that’s why we have editors.
I can speak for everyone on The Window staff when I say that we
are all learning and hope we can all make this year’s paper a success.
Don’t forget about our open Writer’s
Workshops. Everyone is welcome
to attend. The next Writer’s
Workshop will be:
Thursday, October 5
6:00pm – 8:00pm
The Window Office
45
Willcocks St.
Thank you very much and I hope to hear
from you soon!
